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Reinventing the Male Homosexual: The Rhetoric and Power of the Gay Gene (Race, Gender, and Science) - Softcover
Synopsis
Reinventing the Male Homosexual: The Rhetoric and Power of the Gay Gene examines the assumption that embracing the biological research on homosexuality is a viable political strategy for the gay rights movement. The biological argument for gay rights is treated as a "bio-rhetoric," a means of incorporating scientific research into public debates. The book investigates the biological research on which this gay rights argument is based, and explores how male homosexuality is conceptualised in the fields of behavioural genetics, neuroendocrinology, sociobiology and evolutionary psychology. The investigation reveals that the majority of biological research imagines male homosexuality to be a state of physical effeminate pathology. Although the biological research may seem to support a pro-gay rights agenda, the biological research can actually be used support conservative political interests.
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Robert Alan Brookey is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Northern Illinois University. His research examines how social norms regarding sexuality and gender are produced in scientific discourse and popular culture. His work has appeared in Critical Studies in Media Communication, Communication Studies, and the International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies.
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